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The marine fauna and flora received much attention during 

 this trip ; considerable collections were made, and some 

 inshore dredging was carried out by N. Colgan and R. LI. 

 Praeger. Messrs. Balfour-Browne, Kane, Cotton and Colgan 

 subsequent!}^ carried out further work around Louisburgh 

 and Westport ; and Miss Stephens, revisiting the district 

 almost immediately, explored the shores of Acliill, Belclare, 

 and Louisburgh. 



At the end of July we were most fortunate in securing the 

 assistance of Dr. Eugene Penard, of Geneva, the well-known 

 authority on the Rhizopoda. He spent a week in the district, 

 collecting on the island, and in the Louisburgh and Achill 

 neighbourhoods. 



On August 20 a strong party went to the island for a week's 

 work, chiefly at the flora. It included H. C. Hawley (Fungi), 

 J. Adams (^Marine i\lgae), Rev. Canon Lett (Mosses and 

 Hepatics) ; also Dr. Otto Stapf of Kew and Miss Saunders of 

 Newnham College: Dr. G. Fogerty and T. J. Westropp 

 (Archseolog}), W. Rankin (Crustacea) and the writer. The 

 " Helga" came in on August 23, with G. P. Farran and S. W. 

 Kemp on board, and joined by Messrs. Rankin, Adams, and 

 Praeger three daj^s were devoted to dredging. Messrs. 

 Westropp and Fogerty were very successful in their anti- 

 quarian work, and their results will form an interesting chapter 

 of the report. An excellent preliminary survey of the fungus 

 flora was made, and dredging added some important species 

 to the fine list of Algae already made by A. D. Cotton. Mr. 

 Hawley subsequently worked the Westport district for Fungi. 



Early in September the last expedition of the year was sent 

 down. G. W. Chaster, Edward Collier, A. W. Stelfox, R. 

 Welch, and J. N. Milne worked Achill Sound, the island (espe- 

 cially), Louisburgh, Westport, and thence to Castlebar. Land 

 and fresh- water Mollusca particularly engaged their attention, 

 but many insects, &c., were also collected, and Mr. Welch 

 secured a very fine series of photographs on the island. D. 

 M'Ardle, who went down with them, spent ten days working 

 the Mosses and Hepatics of the island and of the Louisburgh 

 district. 



During the season the geology of the island has engaged 

 the attention of the staff of the Geological Survey. J. R. 



